Cigar-protector.



,PATENTBD APR. 7, 1903,

' 110,724,689. I R. G. FRASER.

CIGAR PROTECTOR. APPLICATION FILED M AR. 3, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT G. FRASER, OF NEW .YORK, N. Y.

-CIGAR -PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,689, dated April 7, 1903.

Application filed March 3, 1902. Serial No. 96,426. (No model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT G. FRASER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at No. 1475 West One Hundred and Fiftyninth street, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new, useful, and original article of manufacture-to wit, a Gigar-Protector--of which the following is a specification.

It has been customary for the consumers of cigars to carry them looselyin the pocketsin their garments,from which they may be easily and quickly withdrawn. Dificulties. have been met with, however, in such carriage of cigars, for the reason that the flexion of the human body and the flexible character of the fabric composing both the garment and pocket of the carrier afiord little or no protection to the cigars which may becarried in such pocket. The motion of the body of the carrier often causes the cigars so carried to bend and break, and during the performance of its usual functions the body of the carrier often comes in unintentional contact With' hard sub; stances at the-point ofthe pocket wherein such cigars may bereposing, thereby resulting in the crushing or breaking of the cigars and in their consequent damage or loss.

It is the object of my invention to provide a shield of simple and cheap construction whereby these difficulties will be avoided. The shield provided by my invention is designed to repose and be carried in a pocket on the person of the user,and. it may be of such a shape as to conform with the. size and shape of the pocket in which it so reposes.

My invention consists of'a half-shell or shield of stiff material adapted to be placed in and in juxtaposition with the inside of a pocket in the clothing of said carrier, forming therewith a pouch or receptacle for the containing of cigars and of sufficient strength and rigidity to protect them from injury or destruction due to ordinary causes.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure l is a plan View. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken at the linear w of Fig. 1

r and Fig. 3 is a top plan View.

The shell A, comprising my invention, is composed of stifi and rigid material, the height whereof along the line or m is equal'to the length of a cigar and the width whereof along the line y y is equal to the width of the pocket in which it is placed. The edges at the bottom D and at the sides 0 and B of said shell are inwardly deflected and curved and are connected to form an unbroken edge, said deflections and curves being of such width as to accommodate the side and tip of a cigar. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a cigarprotector, comprising a half-shell or shield of stifi material, adapted to be'placedin and in juxtaposition with the inside of a pocket in the garment on the person of the-user; the edgesat the bottom and sides of said shield being inwardly deflected and curved, and connected to form an unbroken edge, substantially as described' horein, and for the pur- ,7 poses set forth.

'In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of.

two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT G.-FRASER.

Witnesses: GIL VAN ALEN, JOHN M. NOLAN. 

